Latin Roots
Critical reading Questions
Main Idea Development Strategies
Literary Terms
Think-Aloud Strategy
100
in-
What is the Latin prefix for not?
100
Stated Information
What is a question asking for when they want information stated directly in the passage?
100
Inverted triangle
What is the shape formed by the main idea being in the first sentence?
100
Alliteration
What is the repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words?
100
Think-Aloud Strategy
What is a strategy that helps you understand and stay focused on a passage?
200
dis-
What is the Latin prefix for apart?
200
Implied Information
What is a question asking for when they want information that can be inferred from the passage?
200
Upright triangle
What is the shape formed by the main idea being in the last sentence?
200
Pun
What is a play on words using words that are similar in sound but have very different meanings?
200
"What is the topic?"
What is the question that addresses the main meaning of the passage?
300
-ous
What is the Latin suffix meaning full of?
300
Attitude/Mood/Tone
What is a question asking for when they want to know how the author feels towards and treats the subject?
300
Circle
What is the shape formed by the main idea not being stated?
300
Tone
What is the author's attitude toward the story or subject?
300
"What do I already know about this topic?"
What is the question that addresses prior knowledge of the topic?
400
ab-
What is the Latin prefix meaning away from?
400
Words/Phrase in Context
What is a question asking for when it wants you to infer the definition of a word or phrase using the information surrounding it?
400
Square
What is the shape formed by the main idea being broken up all around the passage?
400
Rhetorical Question
What is a question asked to make an impact or call attention to something, not asked to get an actual answer?
500
fluere
What is the Latin root meaning to flow?
500
Main Idea
What is a question asking for when it wants the big picture of the passage?
500
Supporting details
What are the second most important components to a passage?
500
Onomatopoeia
What is the use of words such as pop and splash where the spoken sound sounds like the meaning of the word?
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